Chance in the World An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home

Name: Chance in the World An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home
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ISBN: 9781595552631

ISBN-10: 1595552634

ISBN-13: 9781595552631

Edition: 2012

Authors: Steve Pemberton

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A heart-rending but uplifting story of the human spirit's ability to prevail.From the day he is five-years-old and dropped off at his foster home of the next eleven years, Stephen is mentally and physically tortured. No one in the system can help him. No one can tell him if he has a family. No one can tell him why, with obvious African-American features, he has the last name of Klakowicz.Along the way, a single faint light comes only from a neighbor's small acts of kindness and caring-and a box of books. From one of those books he learns that he has to fight in any way he can-for victory is in the battle. His victory is to excel in school.Against all odds, the author succeeded. He attended…

Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Incorporated
Publication date: 1/9/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Steve Pemberton is Divisional Vice-President and Chief Diversity Officer for Walgreens, the first such person to hold that responsibility in the company's 110 year history. Prior to assuming his role at Walgreens, Steve Pemberton was Chief Diversity Officer and Vice-President of Diversity and Inclusion at Monster.com, the leading global online careers property. Steve and his wife, Tonya are the proud parents of three children.